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KOPRULU , or See also:KuPRILI (Bulgarian Valesa, See also:Greek Velissa), a See also:town of See also:Macedonia, See also:European See also:Turkey, in the vilayet of See also:Salonica, II situated 600 ft. above See also:sea-level, on the See also:river Vardar, and on the Salonica-Mitrovitza railway, 25 M . S.E. of See also:Uskub . Pop . (1905), about 22,000 . Koprulu has a flourishing See also:trade in See also:silk; See also:maize and mulberries are cultivated in the neighbourhood . The Greek and Bulgarian names of the town may be corrupt forms of the See also:ancient Bylazora, described by See also:Polybius as the See also:chief See also:city of See also:Paeonia . |
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